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Just a quick rundown – guests arrived late last night and so not much time for writing over the next few days… First flick was an Irish black comedy, A Film With Me In It – funny as hell – wickedly funny script, great performances by the actors, and a truly dark and absurd plot. …
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O’horten was great! # Next up – JCVD! # Damn… In the balcony for JCVD – never been up here before… # JCVD rules! # In line for A Film With Me In It – not totally into the lineup situation at AMC #
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So now that the fest has gotten underway, I’m going to try to update this blog as much as I can. Unfortunately, that’s easier said than done – we’re going to have some pretty late nights and some pretty hectic days and we’ve got guests coming to join us through this weekend so I don’t…
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Just arrived in TO – our apartment is awesome! # Picked up our tickets – first screening is O’Horten tonight at 8:45! #
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Just released: the red band trailer for Zack and Miri Make a Porno (links to better quality version than the embed below), and the Canadian version of the poster for the flick (the MPAA banned this poster from distribution in the USA – yay Canada!)
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7 days to go, first picks done: http://is.gd/21Ni # w00t! Just got the email – we got all our picks! #
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And here it is, just got word that we got all of our picks, so here’s the final rundown of films we’ll be seeing at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival: Thursday September 4 O’Horten (Bent Hamer, Norway) JCVD (Mabrouk El Mechri, France/Luxembourg/Belgium) Friday September 5 A Film With Me In It (Ian FitzGibbon, Ireland)…
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7 days to go! Since the schedule and programme information went live 2 days ago we’ve just been pouring over the information available, post-it noting the hell out of the program book, and putting together a list of all the films that are remotely interesting to us. Once that was mostly together (it’s never really…
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TIFF08 schedule drops tomorrow a.m. w00t! # TIFF schedule is out – it’s obsession time… how am I supposed to get any work done today?? # My overlong shortlist of flicks to see at TIFF: http://is.gd/1YeR #
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With the Premium tickets already on sale, the full film list out, and the schedule about to be announced, I’m starting to build out my shortlist of films I’d like to catch at TIFF08 over here. Currently the list is heavy on Special Presentations and light on World Cinema – will have to work on…